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Maggiano's Little Italy (River North)
Maggiano's Little Italy is a national Italian-American chain, and its Clark Street restaurant is the downtown Chicago location. It is included for one reason: the chain publishes an allergen guide that works through the menu item by item with columns for egg, fish, milk, peanut, sesame, shellfish, soy, tree nuts, and wheat/gluten. The guide also discloses shared fryers and grills and states that fried items are prepared in 100% soybean oil, a detail soy-allergic diners rarely get in writing. Family-style Italian is a common group-dining problem for allergic diners, and this is the documented option in River North.
Contact & location
- Address
- 516 N Clark St, Chicago, IL 60654 River North
No phone number is published in this listing's sources — use the website or the key link above to contact the business.
Decision snapshot
- Evidence tier
- Allergen menu documented
- Allergen menu
- Item-by-item allergen menu published
- Allergens documented
- Gluten, Milk, Egg, Peanut, Tree nut, Fish, Shellfish, Soy, Wheat, Sesame
ConfidentDiner collects allergen and preparation information from restaurants’ published materials, from restaurants themselves, and from diners. Information is dated and sourced, but menus, ingredients, suppliers, staff, and kitchen practices change without notice, and cross-contact can occur in any non-dedicated kitchen. Nothing on this site is medical advice or a guarantee that any restaurant or dish is safe for any individual. Always tell the restaurant about your allergy, confirm current practices directly before ordering, and make your own decision with your medical professional’s guidance.
The protocol, in full: Allergen documentation
| Gluten | Documented in the restaurant's own published allergen material Maggiano's Little Italy · 2026-10-28 |
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| Milk | Documented in the restaurant's own published allergen material Maggiano's Little Italy · 2026-10-28 |
| Egg | Documented in the restaurant's own published allergen material Maggiano's Little Italy · 2026-10-28 |
| Peanut | Documented in the restaurant's own published allergen material Maggiano's Little Italy · 2026-10-28 |
| Tree nut | Documented in the restaurant's own published allergen material Maggiano's Little Italy · 2026-10-28 |
| Fish | Documented in the restaurant's own published allergen material Maggiano's Little Italy · 2026-10-28 |
| Shellfish | Documented in the restaurant's own published allergen material Maggiano's Little Italy · 2026-10-28 |
| Soy | Documented in the restaurant's own published allergen material Maggiano's Little Italy · 2026-10-28 |
| Wheat | Documented in the restaurant's own published allergen material Maggiano's Little Italy · 2026-10-28 |
| Sesame | Documented in the restaurant's own published allergen material Maggiano's Little Italy · 2026-10-28 |
The protocol, in full: Kitchen protocol
| Allergen menu | The chain publishes an allergen guide with item-by-item columns for egg, fish, milk, peanut, sesame, shellfish (crustacean), soy, tree nuts, and wheat/gluten. Maggiano's Little Italy · 2026-10-28 |
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| Cross-contact statement | The guide notes shared fryers and grills, and that fried items are prepared in 100% soybean oil, which is directly relevant to soy-allergic diners. Maggiano's Little Italy · 2026-10-28 |
| Dedicated facility | Not published in the restaurant's own material — ask before you go (not documented) Maggiano's Little Italy · 2026-10-28 |
| Dedicated fryer | Not published in the restaurant's own material — ask before you go (not documented) Maggiano's Little Italy · 2026-10-28 |
| Dedicated prep | Not published in the restaurant's own material — ask before you go (not documented) Maggiano's Little Italy · 2026-10-28 |
| Staff training | Not published in the restaurant's own material — ask before you go (not documented) Maggiano's Little Italy · 2026-10-28 |
| Order flagging | Not published in the restaurant's own material — ask before you go (not documented) Maggiano's Little Italy · 2026-10-28 |
The protocol, in full: The visit
| Price band | Not published in the sources checked (not documented) Maggiano's Little Italy · 2026-10-28 |
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Good to know before you book
- The guide notes shared fryers and grills, and that fried items are prepared in 100% soybean oil, which is directly relevant to soy-allergic diners. — Maggiano's Little Italy, 2026-10-28
- The chain publishes an allergen guide with item-by-item columns for egg, fish, milk, peanut, sesame, shellfish (crustacean), soy, tree nuts, and wheat/gluten. — Maggiano's Little Italy, 2026-10-28
Questions diners ask about this place
Does Maggiano's Little Italy (River North) publish an allergen menu?
Yes. Maggiano's Little Italy (River North) publishes an allergen menu that marks dishes item by item, linked from this page. We last checked it on 2026-10-28. A published menu documents ingredients as the restaurant states them — it is not a guarantee, and menus change, so confirm when you order.
Which allergens does Maggiano's Little Italy (River North) document?
Maggiano's Little Italy (River North)'s own published material documents: Gluten, Milk, Egg, Peanut, Tree nut, Fish, Shellfish, Soy, Wheat, Sesame. The allergens we track that it does not document are: none. Undocumented means we found no published information — not that the allergen is absent.
Does Maggiano's Little Italy (River North) document a dedicated fryer or prep area?
Not in the published material we checked on 2026-10-28. The protocol table on this page shows exactly what is and is not documented, and the visit-prep card lists the questions to ask instead.
How current is the information on this page?
Every fact here comes from Maggiano's Little Italy and was last checked on 2026-10-28. Kitchens change staff, suppliers and menus without notice — always tell the restaurant about your allergy and confirm current practice before ordering.
Is this your listing?
Claim this listing free to correct anything here, add photos, and complete the details the public record leaves blank — 6 items are currently marked "not documented" on this page. Claiming never buys a higher evidence tier: tiers are earned by documentation, checked the same way for everyone.
Source & freshness
Source: Maggiano's Little Italy · Last checked: 2026-10-28
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Change log
- 2026-10-28 — Listing published from the restaurant's own published allergen material (datasets v1 + expansion pass 2, merged Oct 28, 2026).
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Maggiano's Little Italy (River North) — visit-prep card
Allergen menu documented · Last checked 2026-10-28 · Source: Maggiano's Little Italy
- Address
- 516 N Clark St, Chicago, IL 60654
- Allergen menu
- https://cdn.builder.io/api/v1/assets/d80894dbb7e449539fe3384e280a2583/maggianos-allergen-guide
Key facts
- Allergen menu: Item-by-item allergen menu published
- Allergens documented: Gluten, Milk, Egg, Peanut, Tree nut, Fish, Shellfish, Soy, Wheat, Sesame
Questions to ask before you order
- Is the fryer shared with breaded or battered items, and what else is cooked in that oil?
- Is there a separate prep area, boards and utensils for allergy orders?
- How is an allergy order flagged and communicated to the kitchen, so it cannot be mixed up?
- How are staff trained on food allergies, and how often is that training refreshed?
- Which parts of the kitchen, if any, are kept free of my allergen?
ConfidentDiner collects allergen and preparation information from restaurants’ published materials, from restaurants themselves, and from diners. Information is dated and sourced, but menus, ingredients, suppliers, staff, and kitchen practices change without notice, and cross-contact can occur in any non-dedicated kitchen. Nothing on this site is medical advice or a guarantee that any restaurant or dish is safe for any individual. Always tell the restaurant about your allergy, confirm current practices directly before ordering, and make your own decision with your medical professional’s guidance.